| Issue |
A&A
Volume 400, Number 1, March II 2003
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 369 - 373 | |
| Section | Planets and planetary systems | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021890 | |
| Published online | 24 February 2003 | |
Photometric and spectroscopic observations of (2060) Chiron at the ESO Very Large Telescope*
1
Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France
2
Institut d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France
3
Centro de Astronomia e Astrofisica da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Corresponding author: J. Romon-Martin, jennifer.romon@obspm.fr
Received:
7
June
2002
Accepted:
9
December
2002
Photometric and spectroscopic observations of Centaur Chiron have been obtained at the ESO/Very Large Telescope (VLT), both in optical and near-infrared spectral ranges, on 12–14 June 2001. Photometric optical data reveal that Chiron had reached a high activity level at that time. No absorption feature could be seen on the spectra; especially, no water ice could be detected.
Key words: comets: individual: Chiron / minor planets, asteroids / techniques: spectroscopic, photometric
© ESO, 2003
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